Posted on 30 January 2012.
Families enjoy the 2011 Have a Heart Day, hosted by the Community Arts Project. (CAP photo)
The Community Arts Project hosts its annual Have a Heart Valentine’s Party Saturday, Feb. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Cornelius Arts Center, 19725 Oak Street.
The free event includes card making and other crafts for all ages, with a suggested donation of $5 to benefit CAP and the Buddy Kemp Caring House in Charlotte.
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Posted on 17 November 2011.
By BILL KISER
DavidsonNews.net
With the Thanksgiving holiday approaching, are you feeling in a charitable mood? There are plenty of events going on this weekend in Davidson and surrounding communities to fill that need – and your entertainment needs as well.
Friday brings the Mooresville-South Iredell Chamber’s annual RibFest fundraiser for the Holy Smokes Mission and Ministry and other community programs. And on Friday and Saturday, the Oak Street Mill will hold the Lake Norman Artisan Marketplace, with proceeds going toward the Kilgoris Project’s support of a Kenyan village through education, feeding programs, economic development and clean water. And Summit Coffee in downtown Davidson will hold two musical fundraisers as part of its “Movember” men’s health program. Read the full story
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Posted on 03 October 2011.
By BILL KISER
DavidsonNews.net
This week in Davidson, students meet at the Village Green to “go green” and walk to school Wednesday in observance of International Walk to School Day. Also this week, the Davidson Community Players opens its two-week run of “Love Letters,” a character study based on the lifetime exchange of letters of two people who grow from friends into lovers, Thursday night at the Armour Street Theatre. And for those interested in the upcoming vote, Stand Up N.C. will hold a forum with speakers N.C. Rep. Mike Hager and Dan Forest, a candidate for lieutenant governor, and the Old Fashioned Cornelius Barbecue and Candidates forum, with local candidates from Cornelius and Huntersville, at the Cornelius Town Hall on Thursday. Also Thursday, Hough High’s football team plays at West Charlotte High, while Davidson College’s football team hosts Marist in a Pioneer League game Saturday afternoon at Richardson Stadium.
See below for the details of these events and more happening this week in our area. Read the full story
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Posted on 10 September 2011.
Case Warnemunde
Case Warnemunde has a dream of building a self-sustaining network of people, artists, and businesses to celebrate all things local. To that end, the Davidson resident’s nonprofit organization Bella Love hosted one of its first big outdoor public events Saturday night, “The Sound of Love” music and art festival at Kenton Place, off West Catawba Avenue in Cornelius. Read more and see photos from the event on CorneliusNews.net.
Posted on 18 August 2011.
Summit Songwriters Showcase Thursday features (from left) Lindy Dobbins, Mike Alicke, host Rob McHale, and Billy Jones.
By KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net
Summit Coffee hosts its August Songwriters Showcase on Thursday, featuring Billy Jones, Lindy Dobbins, Rob McHale and Mike Alicke. Public radio station WFAE-FM in Charlotte hosts an open house Friday to mark its 30th anniversary. Cornelius Presbyterian Church’s Bluegrass and BBQ Festival and Cornelius’s 70s Night in the Park are both on Saturday. The weekend comes to a close with a Concert on the Green with the Rusty Knox Band.
These events and more below, or in our day-by-day calendar at right. Also, at right on this page, see our movie show times listings for Our Town Cinemas where “Fright Night” and “Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World” open, joining “The Help,” “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” “Crazy, Stupid, Love,” and “Cowboys & Aliens.”
Posted on 16 August 2011.
Starting this fall, the Community Arts Project, in partnership with the Town of Cornelius PARC Department, is expanding its music class offerings to include a class for babies up to 18 months. And over the next two weeks, parents interested in learning more about the class or about CAP’s “Toddler Tunes” class are invited to preview the classes for free.
Taught by music instructor Charity Helms, “Baby Beats” combines music and movement for babies, and provides an intimate space for mothers and babies to bond through dance, massage, and lullabies. Read the full story
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